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Fine for alienation
Fine Fine, n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF. fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See Finish, and cf. Finance.] 1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] ``To see their fatal fine.' --Spenser. Is this the fine of his fines? --Shak. 2. A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct. 3. (Law) (a) (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. --Spelman. (b) (Eng. Law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease. Fine for alienation (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another. --Burrill. Fine of lands, a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party. --Burrill. See Concord, n., 4. In fine, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up.
Mental alienation
Mental Men"tal, a. [F., fr. L. mentalis, fr. mens, mentis, the mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind.] Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise. What a mental power This eye shoots forth! --Shak. Mental alienation, insanity. Mental arithmetic, the art or practice of solving arithmetical problems by mental processes, unassisted by written figures.
Nonalienation
Nonalienation Non*al`ien*a"tion, n. Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.

Meaning of Alienation from wikipedia

- Look up alienation or alienate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alienation may refer to: Alienation (property law), the legal transfer of title of ownership...
- Parental alienation is a theorized process through which a child becomes estranged from one parent as the result of the psychological mani****tion of another...
- Social alienation is a person's feeling of disconnection from a group – whether friends, family, or wider society – with which the individual has an affiliation...
- alienation describes the separation and estrangement of people from their work, their wider world, their human nature, and their selves. Alienation is...
- The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, also called the 30-Kilometre Zone or simply The Zone,: p.2–5  was established shortly after the 1986...
- Western alienation, in the context of Canadian politics, refers to the notion that the Western provinces—British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba—have...
- Alienation of affections is a common law tort, abolished in many jurisdictions. Where it still exists, an action is brought by a spouse against a third...
- The distancing effect, also translated as alienation effect (German: Verfremdungseffekt or V-Effekt), is a concept in performing arts credited to German...
- Parental alienation syndrome (PAS) is a term introduced by child psychiatrist Richard Gardner in 1985 to describe signs and symptoms he believed to be...
- The Alienation Office was a British Government body charged with regulating the 'alienation' or transfer of certain feudal lands in England by use of...